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HEART AND SOIL

The enigmatic singer is back with a new album.soil, and tells us about embracing sex, and why his Brandy doll is full of life…

Words Owen Myers

Sonic sorcerer serpentwithfeet prowls across the stage with fearsome purpose. On a mild night in April, the Baltimore-born musician — real name Josiah Wise — is bringing his queer, gospel-influenced R&B to London’s Village Underground. He wears a flowing tunic top, slashed to expose his glittering torso; his neatly-cropped beard is also flecked with iridescent sparkles. Tonight’s set flickers from yearning, piano-led ballads, to epic-feeling anthems driven by intense bass that forms a knot in your belly. He’s playing to nearly a thousand people, but Josiah’s mesmerising onstage presence makes the cavernous venue feel as sacred as a cathedral’s crypt.

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Photography Francisco Gomez

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